Nathan Desfontaines

Managing Director @CyberSecLimited

[Nathan Desfontaines @HACKEDZA]

Cybersecurity becomes very real when municipal billing systems, citizen data and billions in revenue are impacted.

I joined @Newzroom405 to unpack the reported Ekurhuleni cyber incident and why many major breaches are actually failures in internal controls.

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[Newzroom Afrika @Newzroom405]

[WATCH] Hackers are believed to have exploited vulnerabilities in Ekurhuleni's computer systems, enabling the alleged unlawful writing off of debt,
manipulation of billing records and the execution of fraudulent transactions. The breach has raised concerns about cyber security and internal
controls, with authorities investigating the extent of the losses and those involved. Newzroom Afrika’s Scara Mafokoane reports. #Newzroom405

[Nathan Desfontaines @HACKEDZA]

@ICASA_org, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has issued a warning to a South African ISP to "Stop selling @Starlink and cut customers off"

@elonmusk - Your thoughts?

https://t.co/rDrqsnJuMR

[Nathan Desfontaines @HACKEDZA]

@CyberSecLimited @AIforBusiness @tamati_biskit Was great speaking alongside such experts!

[CyberSec Consultants @CyberSecLimited]

Was great chatting to @News24 about how to stay secure when using #WhatsApp's new multiple device feature - Embrace new features.. But stay responsible 🔒

https://t.co/2NvKyP3pql

[CyberSec Consultants @CyberSecLimited]

Our Managing Director, Nathan Desfontaines (@HACKEDZA), Speaking At The 2023 ITWeb GRC Summit

#ITWebGRC2023

[ITWeb @ITWeb]

#ITWebGRC2023 : Fireside chat: How AI/ML and other tools can help keep abreast of risk.

[Jon Gorenflo 🇺🇦🌻 @flakpaket]

We've learned nothing. 🥴
CVE-2022-26809 is going to ruin some weekends.
https://t.co/mD6irwPdUs
#CyberSecurity

[Nathan Desfontaines @HACKEDZA]

Credit bureau @TransUnionSA could be slapped with a R10-million fine after it suffered a data breach that compromised the personal information of millions of South Africans, the @InforegulatorSA has said.

[CyberSec Consultants @CyberSecLimited]

Credit Bureau, @TransUnionSA has been breached by a hacker group that is demanding a $15m (R223m) ransom over 4TB of compromised data

#cybersec #cybersecurity #cyberattacks #informationprotection #informationsecurity #popia #hacking #cyberdefence

https://t.co/cJ5Epdt0eT

[CyberSec Consultants @CyberSecLimited]

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting South Africa, which now has the 3rd-highest number of cybercrime victims in the world

#cybersec #cybersecurity #cyberattacks #informationprotection #informationsecurity #popia #cyberaware #dataprotection #hacking

https://t.co/Vms4cxAKCD

[CyberSec Consultants @CyberSecLimited]

South African justice department clueless about hacked data

#cybersec #cybersecurity #cyberattacks #informationprotection #informationsecurity #dataprivacy #compliance #popia #cyberaware #cybersecurityawarenes #dataprotection #hacking #cyberdefence

https://t.co/Gpvxjyjlbl

[CyberSec Consultants @CyberSecLimited]

A lone hacker out for revenge says he is the one who keeps turning off North Korea's internet

#cybersec #cybersecurity #cyberattacks #informationprotection #informationsecurity #dataprivacy #popia #cyberaware #dataprotection #hacking #cyberdefence

https://t.co/QRW6NQCkVz

[Nathan Desfontaines @HACKEDZA]

Happy New Year to all 🎉 Wishing you all the best for 2022! 🍾

[CyberSec Consultants @CyberSecLimited]

Although the year has not been without it's challeges - Thanks for an amazing 2021!

From all of us at CyberSec Consultants, Happy New Year! Wishing all the best to you and your family as we head into 2022.

#cybersec #cybersecurity #cyberattacks #informationsecurity

[Nathan Desfontaines @HACKEDZA]

Someone at FB caused an update to be made to the company’s BGP records. BGP is a mechanism by which ISPs of the world share info about which providers are responsible for routing Internet traffic to which specific groups of Internet addresses.

#facebook #whatsapp #instagram #bgp

[CyberSec Consultants @CyberSecLimited]

What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, & WhatsApp?

#cybersec #cybersecurity #cyberattacks #informationprotection #informationsecurity #dataprivacy #popia #cyberaware #cybersecurityawarness #dataprotection #hacking #cyberdefence #facebook

https://t.co/kQ6yG4AReK

[UK FREEDOM 🇬🇧 @UKFREEDOMUNITE]

So, someone deleted large sections of the routing....that doesn't mean Facebook is just down, from the looks of it....that means Facebook is GONE.

[CyberSec Consultants @CyberSecLimited]

UPDATE: "The @DOJCD_ZA would like to place it on the record that it has not received any ransom demand following the ransomware attack as suggested by an article by @mybroadband published on 20 Sept 2021. The @mybroadband article to this effect is completely untrue."

[CyberSec Consultants @CyberSecLimited]

South African justice department's IT system brought down in ransomware attack

#cybersec #cybersecurity #cyberattacks #informationprotection #informationsecurity #dataprivacy #cyberaware #cybersecurityawareness #dataprotection #hacking #cyberdefence
https://t.co/YRAtz7QycQ

[Information Regulator SA @InforegulatorSA]

8 days to be #POPIA compliant.
Know the 8 conditions for lawful processing of personal information.

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

Biden says he told Putin there is certain critical infrastructure that should be “off limits” to cyberattacks. He said he listed 16 specific entities. Putin denied involvement in such attacks earlier.

[CyberSec Consultants @CyberSecLimited]

President @CyrilRamaphosa has signed the #Cybercrimes Act into law.

#cybersec #cybersecurity #cyberattacks #informationprotection #informationsecurity #dataprivacy #compliance #popi #gdpr #cyberaware #dataprotection #hacking #cyberdefence

https://t.co/Qtr41PXKHs

[Dmitri Alperovitch @DAlperovitch]

PSA: If you haven’t yet patched your #Exchange, don’t bother. It's too late. You’ve demonstrated that you are not capable of managing the difficulties of running on-prem infra. Migrate immediately to a cloud-email service (O365/Google) and deprovision your compromised Exchange